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IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PUPPERS AND COFFEE-ROASTERS.

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.Know all men that I, L. A. WARNER, of Freeport, in the county ot Stephenson, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and usefull Improvements in Corn-Poppers and Collec-Roasters; and I hereby declare that s the following is a clear and exact description of the sante, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- .Figure I is a perspective from the right hand, and Figure II is a perspective vien7 from the left hand.

The letters in each ligure representing thesame points.

Fig. I represents the cylinder as a corn-pepper, Fig. II shows the added cylinder as a tight collec-master,

as hereinafter described. A, Fig-.'I, shows the Wire-cloth cylinder, B the shaft or axle, one end of Whichis put through the cylinder A, and made fast to the head, E', by means of screw-nuts It, whilethe other end extends to such length as is desirable for the purposes hereinafter4 described, and terminates in a crank, D. C is a loose sleeve-handle, which serves as a box or bearing for the shaft B to revolve in as 'ajonrnah designed to be held fast in one hand, while the crank is turned with the other. c is a metallic circular plate, guard, or reiiector, made of bright'metal, to shield the hand from the heat. aand b represent thel metallic heads of cylinder; el shows holes through the metal head, a, and through them isseen the wire-.cloth lining. These holes are closed .by the covers or capsf being turned over them. IIoles, e?, are made through the head for admitting and dis- `charging .the `contents o-l'cylinder A.' Onthe outside of the head b is placed a plate'or cap, vsomewhat smaller than the head b, marked g, II, in which are made holes z', corresponding with UZ in the head b. The plateg .is made to turn on shaft B, a hele being made in the centre of the plate, large enough to put in awasher alittle thicker than the plate, against which the screw-nut is turned tight, holding the plate to its place, and'allowing it to turn ionn'd, by means of projections, 9:, thus opening and closing the holes at pleasure. X, Fig. II, is a metallic cylinder, made to surround the cylinder A, fitting close to the lprojecting edges of the heads a and 6, as seen in Fig. I, leavingv a space-between it and the Wirecloth cylinder A, made a little tapering, so as to be fastened by sliding on a hook, k, or fastened by other means, so as to oe removable at pleasure.v i

The method of using the machine for popping corn is, to remove the cylinder X, open the holes e, put in the corn through the openings d, turn the plate g to close the openings, then take the machine bythe holder C with one hand, and reach or extend the cylinder through the door into the stove or furnace, the shaft B being of sucient length, say two and a half to three and a half feet, for that purpose, over hot coals, or place or hold it over an open lire. Then turn by the crank D,- observing the progress through the holes e, till the popping is complete.

For roasting coll'ee, the holes e are closed, the outer' cylinder X is put on, and the machine is then operated the sanne as for popping corn, the progress of roasting being tested from timeto time, by opening one of the holesc or d, at pleasure.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The outer movable' cylinder orjaoket, (constructed so as to be removed atpleasure,) when used to enclose a wire-cloth cylinder, with a space between, in the manner substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The cylinders A and X, combinednso as to be convertible, into an open popper or a tight rouster, in the manner described,and combined with the holes d and z' and plate g, the holes e, caps f, axle B., and handle C, in the manner substantially as described, and for the purposes set foi-thi L. A. WARNER,

Witnesses:

J. A. GRAIN, T. D. WILcoxoN. 

